Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Buckinghamshire Council
1) NCO, Walton Street
Aylesbury
HP20 1YQ
Contact
Michelle Turner
Michelle.Turner@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 1494475522
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKJ13 - Buckinghamshire CC
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/
Buyer's address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Open list for D2A
Reference number
DN552385
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Buckinghamshire Council is working in partnership with the Clinical Commissioning Group and the wider health and social care system to sustain and continue the development of a robust Discharge to Assess (D2A) pathway through the commissioning of Home care packages and care home placements.
Discharge to Assess is a pathway which has been successful in reducing acute bed occupancy. It is designed to be a nimble process that facilitates rapid discharge from hospital of medically optimised individuals, enabling acute and community hospitals to maintains capacity and respond to pressures, whether seasonal or due to the demands of Covid-19. This pathway enables assessments of long term needs to take place in a setting that is less restrictive than hospital, ensuring longer term packages of care and support are reflective of the person’s maximum abilities. Some people may require this support for a period of up to a maximum of 6 weeks depending on the assessment.
Our philosophy in Buckinghamshire is Home First. Whilst most people will be discharged home without the need for any extra funded support, some will have care and support needs that require D2A Home care Providers. This will provide care and support at home whilst social care needs assessments, and occasionally NHS Continuing Healthcare Assessments of eligibility, are undertaken in a community setting. It is expected that Home care providers will accept D2A service users that are Covid-19 positive but have been asymptomatic for 48 hours and also those that are post 14 days isolation and Covid-19 recovered.
If discharge home is not possible due to safety or client need, a care home placement may be considered.
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2021/S 000-014311
Section seven. Changes
seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number
IV.2.2
Place of text to be modified
Time limit for receipt of expressions of interest
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Date
31 December 2021
Local time
12:00pm
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Date
31 March 2022
Local time
12:00pm